On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > This is a known issue with apt-cache on sun4c systems. The apt author > has compiled a version without pthreads and it seems to have fixed the > problem. I might just make an NMU for this so we can resolve this > problem until a permanent fix is produced (which is a pthread problem).
All future APT versions will be compiled without pthreads for the forseeable future. At least untill someone fixes this rather serious flaw. Jason